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Heel;

No. 242076; Patented May 24,1881.

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I UNITED STAT S.

JAMES TIBBETTS,

PATENT OFFICE.

or SAOO, MAINE.

HEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,076, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed March 2, 1881. (No modeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES TIBBET'rs, of Saco, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marketLthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a view of the upper face of the metal rim or band. Fig. 2 is a view of the lower face of the same. Fig. 3 is afront view of a heel with my improvement attached. Fig. 4 are views of the front. -edges of therubber disk and metal rim. Fig. 5 is a view of the bottom of a heel with my improvement attached. Fig; 6 is an upper-face view of the metal rim with the rubber in it.

Same letters show like parts. 4

The object of my invention is to produce an improvement in boot and shoe heels by which their durability is increased and their even wear secured.

My invention consists in the metallic rim or band a and the rubber disk or plate I), when together applied to a heel,-as hereinset forth.

The metal rim or band a has the raised lip or ledge 0 running entirely around it on its lower face, or on that face that rests upon the ground when the boot or shoe to which it-is attached is worn or is in use. It has also the flat part ,(1 formed into cars or wider parts 0, ifdesired. It is obvious, however, that a plain rim may extend around the inner curve, or on the inside of the metal rim, if desired. The rubber disk or plate fit's within the rim and is confined within the compass of the lip or ledge on It rests upon the flat and thinner portion cl. The rubber should be made to project a little below the metal rim or band when fitted to a heel. The rubber is formed with a lip or thinner part, f, making also the shoulder 9, so that it will fit .the flat thinner part d of the metal rim and have a shoulder to rest against the edge h of such thinner metal part.

The metal band or rim is first laid on and adjusted to the heel. Then the rubber disk 11, cut and shaped, as described, is fitted into place in the metal rim or band, and the whole fastened to the heel. This is done by nails or screws passing through the rubber and through the thinner part of the metal band or rim and into the leather of the heel.

The rubber may be cemented to the heel, if desired. 1

A tackfserew, or nail may be inserted at the center of the front edge of the heel for further seculjty to the rubber, if desired.

With this arrangement fixed to a heel it will be much increased in durability. It will wear evenly. It a person, however, wears the heel down much more on one side than on the other, then after the eli'ect of this becomes visible on the metal bands they maybe removed from the heels and changed over so as to bring the unworu sides of the bands to that side of the hoot-heel where the most wear comes. The band and rubber disk is a safeguard against slipping on ice or on any slippery place or thing on which persons are liable to step.

I do not claim, broadly, the combination of a metal rim or holder'when attached to a heel of a boot or shoe.

Myinvention CODSiStSilhLllG form and structure of the two parts herein described, their method of being united and connected to a heel;

VVhatI claim my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a boot or shoe heel, the metal rim or band a, with its lip or ledge c and its thinner part d, the rubber plate I), with its thinner part f, and shoulder g, the whole being secured to the heel by screws or nails passing through the thinner parts of the metal and rubber, as herein set forth.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES TIBBETTS.

Witnesses FERDINAND W. GUPTILL, B. GHADBoqRNE. 

